Great Depression: the bleakness of Black Thursday


	Great Depression: the bleakness of Black Thursday
righthand
5-1-2008 1:16 PM
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5-1-2008 6:37 PM
alanocu
great set of images righthand---
5-1-2008 6:46 PM
n2sooners
Excellent photos. I love that newspaper. Look how many headlines are above the fold on the front page. I count two large ones and then ten smaller ones with stories under them. So much information in such a small space.
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											<P class="number"><STRONG>1</STRONG> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530155">The front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530182" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530182" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530182"><A href="?picture=333530167"><IMG height="450" width="347" alt="Outside New York Stock Exchange October 1929 " src="http://image.guim.co.uk/Guardian/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography/PD3117153@Medium-ResBrokerage-h-8840.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A>
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										<P class="number"><STRONG>2</STRONG> </P></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530182">Brokerage house customers wait at the entrance to the New York stock exchange after the stock market crashes</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530167" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530167" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530167"><A href="?picture=333530161"><IMG height="450" width="619" alt="Wall Street, New York, 1929" src="http://image.guim.co.uk/Guardian/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography/GD6593838@1929-----Panicked-sto-3157.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A>
											<P class="number"><STRONG>3</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530167"> Panicked stock traders crowd outside the New York stock exchange on the day of the market crash</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530161" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530161" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530161"><A href="?picture=333530176"><IMG height="450" width="362" alt="London Stock Exchange 1929" src="http://image.guim.co.uk/Guardian/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography/BE059360-1713.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A>
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										<P class="number"><STRONG>4</STRONG> </P></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530161">huge crowd outside the London stock exchange discussing the sensational collapse of the Hatry group stocks. The total capital of the group, which was controlled by Clarence E Hatry, was said to be about $60m. The drop in value of the stock amounted to $40m and many small investors were wiped out by the crash</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530176" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530176" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530176"><A href="?picture=333530170"><IMG height="450" width="572" alt="The Great Depression London stock market" src="http://image.guim.co.uk/Guardian/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography/HU017317-7212.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A>
											<P class="number"><STRONG>5</STRONG> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530176"> England: A young telephone operator at St Phalle Limited writes share values on a blackboard as he hears them straight from New York via a headset</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530170" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530170" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530170"><A href="?picture=333530179"><IMG height="450" width="599" alt="The Great Depression soup kitchen" src="http://image.guim.co.uk/Guardian/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography/GD6909039@ca-3825.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A>
											<P class="number"><STRONG>6</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530170">ca. 1930, US: Men eating in a soup kitchen</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530179" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530179" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530179"><A href="?picture=333530185"><IMG height="450" width="586" alt="Great Depression anti poverty marchers in England" src="http://image.guim.co.uk/Guardian/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography/HU053464-7875.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A>
											<P class="number"><STRONG>7</STRONG> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530179">1930, London, England: The March of the Unemployed from the Thames Embankment to County Hall</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530185" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530185" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530185"><A href="?picture=333530164"><IMG height="450" width="588" alt="The Great Depression soup kitchen" src="http://image.guim.co.uk/Guardian/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography/U139066ACME-9539.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A>
											<P class="number"><STRONG>8</STRONG> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530185">Notorious gangster Al Capone attempts to help unemployed men with his soup kitchen, Big Al's Kitchen for the Needy</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530164" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530164" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530164"><A href="?picture=333530158"><IMG height="359" width="630" alt="The Jarrow Marchers" src="http://image.guim.co.uk/Guardian/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography/EMP-5726680-2404.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A>
											<P class="number"><STRONG>9</STRONG> </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530164">Jarrow Marchers</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530158" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530158" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography?picture=333530158"><A href="?picture=333530155"><IMG height="450" width="353" alt="The Great Depression London England" src="http://image.guim.co.uk/Guardian/business/gallery/2008/apr/14/economics.photography/AP3901010425-921.jpg" id="main-picture" /></A>
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